UPSC Prelims 2015 – Question 77

77.Which one of the following countries of South-West
Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

1. a) Syria
2. b) Jordan
3. c) Lebanon
4. d) Israel

The correct answer is Option 2. 

• Mediterranean Sea 
  • It is the intercontinental sea that separates Europe from Africa. 
  • The countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea are Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.  
  • Jordan does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea because it is bordered by Syria and Israel to the side of the sea. Hence, Option 2 is correct. 

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